Knitting needle



Jung 17, 1930. R. K. HOHMANN 1,764,406

KNITTING NEEDLE Filed Aug. 2. 1928 351 75 G L wa nuts d'fldflll Patented June 17, 1930 v UNITED STATES CORPORATION OF DELAWARE:

. Application fil ed August 2,

This invention relates in general to knitting needles of the type employed in the machine for repairing runs in fabrics as dis closed in the copending application of l Vil: liam H. Leavin and Samuel B. Leavin, Se

rial No. 248,806; filed January 23, 1928, Pat-' 'ent .No. 1,708,675, April 9,1929, and is simif lar in some respect to the knitting needles ill!) Serial No. 293,430,1ild July 17 1928 disclosed in the copending application of- William 'H. Leavin. and Samuel B. 'Leavin,

This invention relates to a form of knitting fneedle for use in amachine described in the u above entitled application in which the hook the straight shank portion of the needle.

portion is offset in a particular manner from Another object of this invention relates to I Y. knitting needles of the above type which are adapted to efliciently and rapidly repair runs in fabrics without the danger of skipping some of the threads which cross the run to be repaired and thereby leave unsightly marks or holes in the fabric being repaired.

from the following disclosure are secured by combination, construction, arrangement and Y relative location of 7 parts as will appear more fully hereinafter.

Referring to the drawings 1. There is shown a side elevational view in Figure 1 of one form of needle having an 1ncl1ned 'port10n, and

Fig.2 is a side elevational view of'a modified form of needle showing the shank con- Q 'structed with a long curvedportion. V

-1 and-lying at an angle in respect thereto. I 1 fThe inclined portion at oneendruns into a As shown in Fig. 1, one form of needle is shown having a straight shank portion 1 and an inclined portion 2 connected to the shank I 1 s'harpeurve 2 and terminates in a straight Yportion 3 thereby forming a hook. Thein- ,lel ears 3 which'are supported to form the slot 4. Pivotallymounted in the slot 4.- is aclined portion 2 is provided with two parallatch member 5 of suehlength as to contact 1 with the end ofthe straight portion 3 when the latch is closed. The latch is provided at KNITTING i 1 1 3101mm) K. HQHMANYN', or BROOKLYN, nEw YonmirssIe-noit, BY'jM Es 1\rnjAssIei\T.-f MENTS, T0 GO'IHAM KNITBAC MACHINE CORPORATION,"OFfNElWYOBKQN. 3;, A13

NEEDLE the pivoted end with; pro eaa a 1 face. 6 which contactswith the free end ofe-a spring 7. The free end of the spring-, l lies I I l h 810% as wnin Fig.1. The spring 7acts on the cam'surface 6 to hold thelatch' member 'ineither open or closed position un der a slight tension? In the form of needle shown in Fig. 2 the; straight shank portion 8 runs into a long 1 curved portion 91 which extends directly to the'sharply curved portion 10 which incom binati'on with the straight portion for-ins a hook as shown; The construction 'of theas that shown in Fig. 1.

It is not attempted theme of the needle inthis applicationsince latch 5 the ears 3 andltliespring Tisthe saniej this hasfbeen carefully set forth inthe co. i pending application of William ,H. Leavin I and Samuel B. Leavin, SerialNo. 293,430, referred to above. There has likewise been Y i H fee to disclose injdetailfl disclosed in that application the advanta es 7 1' of the offset portion of the needle of wh ch l i one form is disclosed therein. In general, 1

- tion ofiset from the straight portion of the-g;

it may be'stated that havingthe hook por shank it insures that the needle will enter be-v tweenv the cross threads in succession during the repairing operation without danger .of v skipp ng so as to leave a hole in the fabric.

' I am well aware that some changes-in the detail of construction, relative arrangement ,7 Z

of parts and preparations thereof will read ily occur to those skilled in the art and I do not, therefore, desire tobe strictly'limited to the structure disclosed forpurposes of i1} :1

lustration but rather to the scope of the invention .as set forth in the appended claims. j I

secure by United States LettersIPatent is: 7 i

'1. In a knitting'needle of the typeide v scribed, the combination comprising a l/Vhat I seek to straight Shank p a inclined slotted portion connected to the shank and lying at portion attached to the angularly inclined:

an angle in respect thereto, a hooked shaped portion said hooked shapedportionbeing sharply curvedatthe pointbf attachmentf-f V 1 with the long inclined portion and terminating in a straight portion which extendsat an angle to the axis of the straight shank portion, a latchmember having one end formed with a cam surface and pivoted in the slot of the inclined portion at such a point that its free end will contact with the end of the straight portion of the hook when the latch is closed and a spring secured in the slot of the inclined portion which is adapted'to engage the cam surface of the latch to hold said latch inopen position under aslight tension when the latch is moved from closed to open position.

2. In a knitting needle of the type de scribed, the combination comprising a straight shank portion, a slotted long curved portion connected to the shank, a hooked shaped portion attached to the long curved portion being sharply curved at the point of attachment with the long curved portion andterminating in a straight portion, a latch member having one end formed with a cam surface and pivoted at that point in the slot of the long curved portion so that its free end will contact with the end of the straight portion of the hook when the latch is closed,

and a spring secured in the slot of the long curved portion which is adapted to engage the cam surface of the latch to hold the latch in open position under a slight tension when thelatch is moved from closed to open position.

In witness whereof'I have hereunto set my hand on this 31st day of July,'A. D. 1928.

RICHARD K. I-IOHMANN. 

